Farke has to drop the Leeds ace who lost possession 24x

Leeds United they extended their unbeaten streak to seven games in the Priority drawing 1-1 against Blackburn Rovers at Elland Road on New Year’s Day.

It was a game without any real quality for the most part, but the hosts appeared on course to grab all three points after Pascal Struijk opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 88th minute.

However, a poor save from a corner just 90 seconds later allowed Danny Batth to tap home from close range after several chances for Leeds to clear the danger.

There were several unconvincing performers on the field Daniel Farke in the game, especially in the forward line, and Manor Solomon is one star that did not shine.

Manor Solomon’s performance against Blackburn

The Tottenham Hotspur loanee was brought into the starting lineup after coming off the bench and created two ‘big chances’ for his team against Derby County at Pride Park in the previous game.

Unfortunately, however, the Israeli international was unable to display that kind of creative quality again, as he failed to create ‘big chances’ in his 70 minutes on the fieldwith only one pass of the key in total.

25-year-old dynamo lost possession ten timeshe lost five of six duels but completed 90% of his pass attempts, showing that he was relatively reliable with the ball at his feet.

Ultimately, however, Solomon did not have the required impact in the final third and therefore let Farke down with his unconvincing play on the left flank.

One Leeds star who was even worse than the Premier League loanee, however, was a winger on the other side of the pitch – Wales international Dan James.

Why Dan James should be kicked out

With the attacking options Farke has at his disposal, including Largie Ramazani and Wilfried Gnont on the bench, the Whites cannot afford poor performances if they want to start regularly.

James, who did not start at Pride Park, came into the starting XI with a chance to earn a place in the line-up for the rest of this month, but failed to take it.

The Welsh winger played full matchincluding around 16 minutes of stoppage time in both halves, and was not directly involved in the goal, with just one shot on goal – which was saved – and no ‘big chances’ created.

As you can see in the table above, James was very wasteful with the ball at his feet, losing possession a whopping 24 times and having little impact in the upper half of the pitch.

He was even worse than Solomon, who created as many opportunities as possible (one) like James and lost 14 fewer possessions to do so, and should be mercilessly kicked from the team.

Farke needs more from his wide players if Leeds are to progress and secure automatic promotion in the second half of the season, and James did not do enough on Wednesday, which should see the striker sacked.